November 30, 2018
- Federal Charges Announced Against Five Postal Workers in Fayetteville, NC for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Theft of Mail – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service Governors Appoint Inspector General – PEN
- Felon Convicted of Threatening U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier and Firearm Possession in Milwaukee – PEN
- PRC Holds Meeting Open to the Public – PEN
- It’s been nearly two months since a pregnant postal worker disappeared in Chicago, but investigators and the woman’s family are still looking for clues into her mysterious disappearance – Oxygen
- Federal authorities have accused a postal carrier who worked in Waterford Township of stealing a man’s $50 AT&T Visa Reward Card – Detroit Free Press
- Renewed push to solve 5-year-old murder of U.S. postal worker – WJLA
- NALC: Penalty Overtime Exclusion
- OIG Audit: Delayed Mail at the Denver, CO, Processing and Distribution Center
- OIG Audit: Tort Claims Management – Capital and Houston Districts
- OIG: Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities
November 29, 2018
- Caught on camera: Postal worker throws package from truck – claims dog and children were in the yard – PEN
- Colorado: Packages Piled Up Near Mailboxes Cause Frustration For Recipients – PEN
- Christmas season rush already wreaking havoc on postal workers – PEN
- Caught In The Act: Postal Worker Throwing Packages At Front Door – PEN
- APWU Statement in Support of Canadian Postal Workers – PEN
- Postal Service clarifies mission is ‘mail, not drugs’ after 16 workers sent to prison for delivering cocaine – Washington Post
November 28, 2018
- Georgia Postal Service Workers Sentenced for Accepting Bribes to Deliver Cocaine through the Mail – PEN
- Ohio postal employee assigned to deliver mail in Willowick and Eastlake sentenced to six months in prison for stealing gift cards – PEN
- U.S. Postal Service consistently mismanages mail in Golden Gates Estates – PEN
- Canada Post: Expect ‘lengthy delays’ for parcel delivery – CTV News
- LA resident fights to ensure carriers don’t violate federal law with delayed delivery practice – Los Altos Town Crier
- Armed robbers saw postal truck near Lynnwood as ‘easy money’ – Herald Net
November 27, 2018
- Postal Service Letters FROM Santa Program Provides Santa’s Personalized Response to Your Child’s Letter – PEN
- Santa Tries to Keep Up at the Speed of Ecommerce in This Humorous Ad for Sweden’s Postal Service – Adweek
- Senate passes legislation to end Canada Post strike – CTV News
- Chesterfield, VA postal worker dies after suffering medical emergency behind the wheel – WRIC Richmond
- Montreal postal workers strike Tuesday just before back-to-work order takes effect – MSN
- OIG Audit: Do You Believe Effective PIN Management Protects Your Credit Card or ATM Card?
- OIG Audit: What Are Your Experiences with the High Throughput Package Sorter in Queens, NY P&DC?
- OIG: Cybersecurity Decision Analysis Reports Review
- OIG: A Holiday Buyer’s Market
November 26, 2018
- USPS ready to deliver Cyber Monday purchases – PEN
- Sign up your address for USPS Informed Delivery before scammers do – PEN
- ‘Tis the season for ‘porch pirates’, how to protect your packages from thieves – PEN
- Canada Post union threatening members if they accept overtime during strikes – Global News
- Man charged in connection with theft of $100,000 in business checks – Roanoke Times
November 25, 2018
- USPS is done subsidizing Chinese package shipping – The Hill
- Cedar Falls man pleads guilty to stealing pain meds from veterans’ mail – The Courier
- Trumann, AR officials express concern over city’s postal issues – San Francisco Chronicle
- Senate postpones Canada Post back-to-work legislation decision until Monday – CBC
November 24, 2018
- Bay Area postal workers to start delivering holiday mail before dawn – KTVU
- Feds pass back-to-work legislation for Canada Post employees – City News 1130
- OIG: Mail Delivery Issues at the Heritage Station, San Antonio, TX
- OIG: No Sale Transactions – Dallas, TX, Mockingbird Finance Station
November 23, 2018
November 22, 2018
- HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU & YOURS – Rick Owens: PEN
- Former USPS Letter Carrier Sentenced To Four Years In Federal Prison For A Drug Conspiracy – PEN
- Trudeau Poised to Order End to Canadian Postal Strike – Bloomberg
- ‘Canada Post is dying before our eyes’: Strike exposes how postal service has changed in online era – Financial Post
- Acting AG: Post Office is First Line of Defense Against Opioid Packages – WIBC
November 21, 2018
- Cyber Monday shopping? USPS is ready – PEN
- Arts, Entertainment, History and Culture Headline the 2019 Forever Stamp Lineup – PEN
- New York Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing Mail – PEN
- USPS and APWU Agree to Contract Extension to December 7 – PEN
- Three men from Northeast Ohio, including two former postal employees, sentenced to prison for their roles in the armed robbery of postal carrier – PEN
- Canada Post: Trudeau Weighs Order Ending Postal Strike Amid Black Friday Rush – Bloomberg
- USPS is a ‘formidable opponent’ to UPS, FedEx – Supply Chain Dive
- OIG: Opinion on the U.S. Postal Service’s Fiscal Year 2018 Closing Package Financial Statements
- OIG: Management Alert – Inbound International Mail Operations – [Redacted] and Nearby Offsite Facilities
November 20, 2018
- NALC: Carriers to Receive Upgrade/Pay Schedule Consolidation – PEN
- Fake Mailmen Invade Brooklyn Home In Broad Daylight – PEN
- Racine, WI postal worker caught mishandling package – PEN
- Columbus, OH neighborhood residents say they are plagued by mail delivery problems – PEN
- Postmaster suspended in Winona – Police: ‘Boatloads’ of mail theft reported – Winona Post
- UPMA: Update on National Convention 2020
- Man attacks Darien postal worker – Darien News Online
- OIG: Ethically Strong
November 19, 2018
- Postal carrier from Fitchburg, MA charged $37,000 to credit cards she plucked from mail – she was also caught on camera smoking from a pipe in her mail truck – Telegram
- They put a bounty on porch pirates. Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers warns holiday shoppers – Tri-City Herald
- Think Your Postal Service Has Problems? Try Delivering to 18,000 Far-Flung Islands – Bloomberg
- Canada Post: Postal workers’ union makes counter-offer – CBC
November 18, 2018
- ‘Unacceptable behavior’: Nicholasville mailman caught on camera throwing package – PEN
- Postal Service Price Changes Take Effect Jan. 27 – PEN
- Retail Council of Canada Calls on Government to End Postal Strikes as Canada Enters Crucial Holiday Shopping Period – benzinga
- THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN – What’s different for 2019 – TSP.gov
November 17, 2018
- How the Postal Service’s Informed Delivery can either help you or help scammers steal your identity – NY Daily News
- Postal Service Will Never Get Better — It’s Time To Privatize It – Investor’s Business Daily
- Canada Post:: Edmonton postal workers walk off the job for the third time – CBC
- Postal Service seeks changes in regulations to ease losses – Linns
- Four possible outcomes of America’s withdrawal from the Universal Postal Union – Washington Examiner
- Vets Advised About Postal Scams – FEDweek
- Retired postal worker plays same numbers for 25 years, hits $343.9M Powerball – WDRB
November 16, 2018
- Postal Unions Produce Ad Against The Sale of the Public Postal Service– PEN
- Former North Kenner Post Office Supervisor-Manager Charged with Misappropriation of Postal Funds – PEN
- NALC President’s Statement Regarding The USPS 2018 Fiscal Year Financial Report Statement – PEN
- Baton Rouge postal carrier indicted in case of 550 pieces of mail dumped in storm drain – The Advocate
- UPMA Update: Level-20 Special Exemption for Postmasters without an authorized supervisor is in effect
- South Queens mailboxes given new protection as part of ongoing effort to stop mailbox fishing – Queens News and Community
- Indiana Postal workers recognized for saving a life with CPR – WNDU
November 15, 2018
- Postal Service Reports Fiscal Year 2018 Results – PEN
- Postal workers helping protect your package from porch pirates – PEN
- Owner of a South Jersey shipping company defrauded the Postal Service, but billed his clients for $1.5 million in postage anyway – PEN
- Queens: Crafty crook fished $400K in checks out of postal boxes – PEN
- Eau Claire Police close case of fatal mail truck crash with train – WEAU
- U.S. Postal Service posts loss, even as package deliveries rise – NASDAQ
- Multiple Reports of Arrests of New Rochelle Postal Employees – New Rochelle Talk
- Tulsa Couple Says Post Office Won’t Deliver Their Mail – PEN
November 14, 2018
- Ann Arbor mail carrier accused of taking part in drug trafficking scheme– PEN
- Postal Service Ethics Program Gets Overall Good Review – FEDweek
- United States 2016 nonprofit stamp is a sleeper – Linns
- Kentucky UPS driver arrested on DUI charge while making deliveries – WSB TV
November 13, 2018
- PRC Approves Rate Changes for Market Dominant and Competitive Products – PEN
- Postal Service is Ready to Deliver Nearly 16 Billion Pieces of Cheer This Holiday Season – PEN
- Postal Service’s Informed Delivery Feature Could Be Helping Fraudsters– Nextgov
- Video: Surprise Encounter – USPS Carrier and Santa Meet Face to Face – PEN
- Mail Service Moving At A Snail’s Pace In Chicago’s Lakeview Neighborhood – PEN
- Cesar Altieri Sayoc Charged in 30-Count Indictment With Mailing Improvised Explosive Devices in Connection With Domestic Terrorist Attack – PEN
- Postal employees can now make benefits changes during Open Season – PEN
- Postal Rate Disparities Addressed by Trump – Big Sky Business Journal
- Postal worker at Oakland airport stole $10,000 from charities, feds say – Mercury News
- United States Postal Service worker, in Texas, critically injured, airlifted in two-vehicle crash – inForney
- Canada Post: Sides ‘far apart’ in Canada Post talks despite mediation, postal union says – CBC
- Stop Forcing U.S. Postal Service to Subsidize Chinese Mail – The American Spectator
- Woolsey Fire Evacuees Encouraged to Notify Postal Service – NBC LA
November 12, 2018
- Report: ID thieves are exploiting USPS mail-scanning service, Secret Service warns – Fast Company
- Opa-locka Postal Facility that Allegedly holds Uncounted Ballots the SAME Facility that Processed Cesar Sayoc’s Pipe Bombs – Conservative Firing Line
- From POWs to Postal Workers: World War I veterans shared a common bond – The Sentinel
- Florida County Collects Uncounted Ballots Left in Mail Facility – Ozarks First
November 11, 2018
- NPMHU, APWU and USPS Come Together for Historic RI399 Training– NPMHU
- Florida Ballots Remain Uncounted In Mail Facility Locked Down By Cesar Sayoc Bombs, Activists Suspect
- Here Comes Open Season – FEDweek
November 10, 2018
- Democrat Online Community Asks “Is it possible that a U.S. Postal Service employee would try to sabotage the election process?” – PEN
- Memphis neighbors fed up with missing mail – wrong mail – no mail at all – WMC Action News
- Arrests made after U.S. Postal workers at Aurora post office bound with zip ties, robbed – Denver Post
- USPS investigates Miami-Dade facility’s abandoned mid-term ballots – Local 10 Miami
- Photos Show Scores of Uncounted Ballots in Opa-locka Mail Center – Miami New Times
- Postal worker alleged threatened in Red Oak, IA – KMA
- Winona postmaster Sherri Genkinger is in a “non-duty status,” according to an agent with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General – Winona Daily News
- Updated: USPS Board of Governors to meet Nov. 14 – USPS
- OIG: Momentous Veterans Day Salute
- OIG: A Broader Perspective for the Postal Service Ethics Program
November 09, 2018
- President Trump Orders Postal Service Flags To Be Flown At Half-staff – PEN
- Postal Inspectors List Top Five Scams Targeting Veterans and Tips for Combatting Them – PEN
- Mail Goes Digital with Informed Delivery – PEN
- Postal inspector offers tips to avoid falling victim to package thieves – PEN
- Injured on the job, then fired: postal workers allege mistreatment by USPS – The Guardian
- FY 2018 Unit Mitigating Process Now Open – UPMA
- Presidential Proclamation Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Thousand Oaks, California – PEN
- Canada PM Talks of Possible Action to Halt Postal Workers’ Strikes – US News & World Report
November 08, 2018
- DOL Cites U.S. Postal Service After Heat Exposure Hospitalizes Las Vegas Mail Carrier – PEN
- Postmaster General recognizes veterans – PEN
- NJ: Postal Service Driver Seriously Injured In Route 70 Crash – Manchester Patch
- Mail Truck Fires Persist in Aging Fleet Tagged for Replacement – Trucks.com
- Temporary Emergency Committee of the Postal Service Board of Governors to Meet November 14 – PEN
- Is Uncle Sam a Person? – Lexology
November 07, 2018
- Hubner Announces New Security Solution for Postal Inspections – PEN
- Stuart, FL mail carrier dumps multiple packages onto porch – WPTV
- Five-Two Part of New Major Offensive Against Mailbox Fishers – Norwood News
- All those political mailers are helping the U.S. Postal Service pay its bills– Denver Channel
- OIG: U.S. Postal Service Customer Service for Non-English-Speaking Customers
November 06, 2018
- 5 things to know about USPS forcing use of cluster mailboxes – Knox News
- Congress members urge U.S. Postal Service to use air-conditioned mail trucks – LA Daily News
- Italy: Man convicted in Mafia case takes postal workers hostage
- Dems Go Postal Over GOP Committee’s Mail Rates – Maryland Matters
- OIG Audit: Does USPS Management Maintain Appropriate Controls to Protect IT Assets at the Boston P&DC?
- OIG: Informed Visibility Is Critical
November 05, 2018
- Amazon Expands Free Shipping to Everyone for the Holiday Season – PEN
- Bomb scare at Fresno U.S. Postal Service Office, turns out to be mail stealing device – KMPH
- As more voters trust the Postal Service, here’s how mail ballots get counted — and what keeps people from voting 3 times – Chicago Tribune
- Beware: Thieves can use a post office service to hijack your mail for your identity – Denton Record Chronicle
- Unions take OPM data breach lawsuit to appeals court – Federal Times
November 04, 2018
- Fire concerns spark closure of Holland Post Office – The Courier
- Oregon officials say vote-by-mail system improves security and turnout – NBC News
- Two workers have died at an Amazon warehouse in Baltimore – Recode
- South Buffalo man arrested in connection with three fake pipe bombs left around Buffalo
November 03, 2018
- Second Suspicious Package Found At Burlingame Postal Facility – PEN
- Mail thieves strike Las Vegas neighborhood – PEN
- Albuquerque resident locked out of new cluster mailbox – PEN
- Ohio UPS worker fired after boss sees image of her dressed in blackface– MSN
November 02, 2018
- Postal Service aware ‘Informed Delivery’ used fraudulently – Click Orlando
- Caught on Camera: USPS Truck Goes Rogue in SW Miami-Dade – NBC Miami
- He wanted his missing drugs, and threatened a St. Louis postal worker with a gun over them – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- OIG Audit: Does USPS Management Maintain Appropriate Controls to Protect IT Assets at the Boston P&DC?
November 01, 2018
- Video: Flight Attendents Union Says “Stop Privatization of the U.S. Postal Service” – PEN
- PMG Megan Brennan Shows Appreciation in Royal Palm P&DC – PEN
- Confessions of a U.S. Postal Worker: “We deliver Amazon packages until we drop dead.” – Medium
- Justice Department still seeking death penalty in 2013 slaying of San Jacinto County mail carrier – Houston Chron
- Forget Amazon: Starship Is A $10/Month Robot Postal Service Launching In San Francisco This Winter – Forbes
- Postal Inspector General Needs Email Security Services by January – Nextgov